DISPATCH – July 30, 2011 (Saturday; 5:57 p.m.) Sag Harbor, NY Betty has high hopes for summer and her upcoming vacation. After all, what could go wrong? Artist Athos Zacharias doesn’t want to weigh in (he’s not a story-spoiler!). But when asked to supply art for an exhibition to compliment the play, “Betty’s Summer Vacation” at [...]
Archive for July, 2011
Abstract Art & “Psycho-Delic” Summer
Posted: July 30, 2011 in Exhibitions, Painting, Performance, Sag HarborTags: Abstract Art, Art, Painting
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Artists Supporting Artists
Posted: July 29, 2011 in Digital Art, Drawing, Mixed Media, New York City, Painting, Photography, Sag Harbor, Westhampton / Westhampton BeachTags: Art, art benefit, non-profit, Visionary Art
DISPATCH – July 29, 2011 (Friday; 5:31 p.m.) Hamptons, NY The art can captivate, engage and conjure questions. It may delight. It may disturb. It may invoke a range of emotions in between. This is true whether it’s figurative, surrealism, conceptual, narrative or other genres. The art may be painting, drawing, photography, digital art, mixed media [...]
New Sculpture Arrives at the Parrish
Posted: July 24, 2011 in Artist Profiles, Exhibitions, New York City, Public Installation, Sculpture, SouthamptonTags: Art, art installation, Mel Kendrick, museum, Sculpture
DISPATCH – July 23, 2011 (Saturday; 7:00 p.m.) Southampton, NY The concrete sculptures arrived from NYC. They were unloaded, one by one, from three trucks and moved onto the grassy grounds of the Parrish Art Museum. It took a bit of managing. There are four sculptures. Each piece is 11 feet high. Each weighs 9 tons, [...]
Drawing with Wood – Ricardo Pascale
Posted: July 20, 2011 in Artist Profiles, Exhibitions, Installation, Sculpture, Shelter Island, WoodTags: Art, art constructions, Boltax Gallery, Ricardo Pascale, Sculpture
DISPATCH – July 7, 2011 (Friday; 11:05 a.m.) Shelter Island, NY When Ricardo Pascale looks at wood, he sees potential. He sees textures that are rough, varied and unexpected. He sees colors—some created as the bi-products of tanneries in his home country of Uruguay, he said. Other colors form naturally during the growth process or after [...]
Tiny Constructions – Playful and Poignant
Posted: July 5, 2011 in Artist Profiles, Brooklyn, Drawing, Exhibitions, Installation, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, RiverheadTags: Art, art installation, Craig Kane, mixed media, Sculpture
DISPATCH – June 19, 2011 (Sunday; 8:14 p.m.) Riverhead, NY Craig Kane makes the smallest artworks you’ll probably ever see. From afar, his “CONSTRUCTS” installation at Art Sites gives the impression of smudges or tangles of material on an otherwise white wall. Everything changes after getting up close: When you’re near enough to zero in on his art, [...]